Even if you have no where to go? My girls have been napping for a few hours now (woohoo!) but since they rarely take good naps I have a feeling they are going to be up all night. I guess it works out since the time changes tonight but I'm still worried since it's approaching 4pm and LO2 usually goes down for the night at 6pm.
Do you ever wake up your LO from a nap if it's getting late? If you let them sleep as long as they want does it mess with their bedtime?
pineapple / 12566 posts
I almost always have to wake up DS from naps, he can easily nap more than three hours (and he's almost 4!). Luckily, I've never had a problem getting him to bed more or less on time, even when his naps go late.
coconut / 8861 posts
Yeah, almost had to today, but rescheduled his hair appointment for later.
pomelo / 5469 posts
If it gets to 3pm (so a 3hr nap) I wake her so it doesn't interfere with bedtime.
nectarine / 2797 posts
Yup, about to right now. If she sleeps much past 4 then bedtime is difficult.
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
Never ever if we don't have anything planned. But it also never interferes with her bedtime! She's got such long days during the week because of our work/commute times, so I try to maximize her sleep as much as possible on the weekends.
nectarine / 2771 posts
I don't wake her up from naps and it does mess with bedtime, but that is because her schedule is naturally sleeping later in the evening (averages 9 hours at night) and taking long naps (3-4 hours). Waking her up just means disaster and she won't sleep longer at night, even if she sleeps earlier. I've given in, and just enjoy the extra time with her!
persimmon / 1355 posts
Nope. I only wake her if we have somewhere to go. Worst case, we just move bedtime back a bit.
honeydew / 7230 posts
Sometimes, just to sync them up. It's hard when their naps are totally opposites, so I will wake them up so they'll be on the same bedtime schedule.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
I wake her up if it's getting late, like past 5 pm because I want her to go to bed by 7:30 pm.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I try to wake him up by 5 so he will go to bed by 9 but otherwise let him sleep. He either doesn't nap or binge naps so when he naps I try to let him be.
nectarine / 2079 posts
Seeing as my LO doesn't do bedtime well as it is, I just let her sleep. Today was her longest nap ever, I think, usually it isn't an issue.
pomelo / 5720 posts
We almost always wake him up by 3pm. If we don't, he won't go to bed before 9pm and I'm too tired to stay up later than that!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
Yes, I don't like her naps to go past 3:30. Bedtime is 8 but if we pushed bedtime back she will still wake up at the same time which means less overnight sleep.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
Oh yes. I wake her up by 4/4:30 if she's still napping (unless she's sick). But that rarely happens.
nectarine / 2765 posts
Yup, if either of them are still sleeping at 5-5:30, they get woken up. Otherwise they won't be sleepy come 9.
nectarine / 2521 posts
No napping past 4:30 p.m., or bedtime at 7 doesn't happen. I've only had to wake him once or twice.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
Yes, if it gets to 4pm, as I hate to screw with bedtime, it's hard enough!
pomelo / 5326 posts
Yes we usually have to wake her from every nap or else she'd sleep forever. She has two hour nap in morning and one hour in afternoon. She's 15 months. I think we will be working towards just one nap soon.
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
@Bao: no. My girls never nap well, so it usually signals that they're getting sick or going through a growth spurt.
grapefruit / 4819 posts
Not if I can at all help it! E is an absolute nightmare if she gets woken up from a nap, and I mean a NIGHTMARE. Both girls are pretty good sleepers and even if their naps run late, they still generally go to bed at the same time, so I let them nap as late as they want. And I try my hardest to never wake them to go somewhere....hence why we're late to a lot of places 
blogger / grapefruit / 4836 posts
I used to have to when we were taking 2 naps a day, but now that we have moved to just one I don't. I do have to fight like crazy to keep him awake in the car if we leave the house before nap time though.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
I have in the past when LO1 would try to sleep more than 3 hours just because it would really mess up bedtime and he would actually sleep way less and night and wake up crazy early the next day.
pomegranate / 3595 posts
I did yesterday! LO is almost 3 and stubborn. She stayed awake in her room (pretty much) for the two hours of quiet/nap time, but then fell asleep lying on the floor next to the door right before her clock turned green to let her out. I woke her up about 90 minutes later since it was so late!
pomegranate / 3706 posts
Never ever ever ever do I wake a sleeping baby unless absolutely necessary! Mine don't nap much though, if at all, so when they do, we all need it!
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